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==Buryat==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|bua|ru|улу́с|g=m}}, from {{der|bua|trk-pro|*ulu-ĺ|t=country, city}}. {{dbt|bua|улас|t1=state, country; people}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|bua|/ʊ.lʊːs/}}
* {{hyph|bua|у|лус}}

===Noun===
{{bua-noun}}

# an [[ulus]] {{gl|type of indigenous rural locality in Buryatia}}

====Declension====
{{rfinfl|bua|noun}}

==Russian==
{{wikipedia|lang=ru}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|ru|trk|-}} or {{der|ru|xgn|-}}. Compare {{cog|mn|улс}} /  {{m|mn|ᠤᠯᠤᠰ}}, {{cog|kk|ұлыс}}, {{cog|tt|олыс}}, etc.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ru-IPA|улу́с}}

===Noun===
{{ru-noun+|улу́с}}

# [[ulus]], [[uls]] {{gloss|various historical or modern Turkic or Mongolian regions}}

====Declension====
{{ru-noun-table|улу́с}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|bua|улус|bor=1}}
* {{desc|sah|улуус|bor=1}}

==Shor==

===Noun===
{{cjs-noun|tr=ulus}}

# [[people]]
# [[village]]

==Tuvan==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|tyv|xgn}}, from {{der|tyv|trk-pro|*ulu-ĺ|t=country, city}}. Compare {{nc|xal|улс|t=people}} and {{nc|mn|улс|t=state, country; people}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|tyv|/ʊ.lʊs/}}

===Noun===
{{tyv-noun|ту|тар}}

# [[people]] (group of individuals)
#: {{ux|tyv|[[шөл|Шөлде]] '''улус''' [[аажок]] [[хөй]].|t=There are a lot of '''people''' in the field.|inline=1}}